Investing.com – Italy stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Oil & Gas and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 added 0.77%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK), which rose 2.57% or 0.26 points to trade at 10.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (MI:FCHA) added 2.46% or 0.414 points to end at 17.270 and STMicroelectronics (MI:STM) was up 2.18% or 0.425 points to 19.910 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Recordati (MI:RECI), which fell 1.55% or 0.45 points to trade at 28.60 at the close. Telecom Italia (MI:TLIT) declined 1.43% or 0.0116 points to end at 0.8000 and CNH Industrial NV (MI:CNHI) was down 1.07% or 0.115 points to 10.635.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 207 to 141 and 25 ended unchanged.
Shares in FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (MI:FBK) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.57% or 0.26 to 10.37.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.11% or 1.31 to $63.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 1.82% or 1.20 to hit $67.25 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 7.50 to trade at $1310.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.2253, while EUR/GBP fell 0.44% to 0.8757.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 89.94.